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- f ' . THE WAR Ntwi . j j
j Norfolk haa been, evaouated and &ejr jtho;
removal of such portions of Je maohinery
as quid be transported, thi Navy Yard .has
been utterly destroyed, the-gates and ejnire
front of the dry dock haying beeh blown up.
In blowing up the dry dock, two fihipi or
war lying near by in the stream were set fire
to, and burnt to the waters edge.. These
jfactswe derive from a workman in the Navy
Yard who arrived in Raleigh with several;
others on Sunday evening. It is estimated
that it will require at least twelve months to
restore the yard to a condition available for
, naval purposes. The enemy had -5oocupied
SeweJi'a Point, and were advancing from it,
and had rtached Tanner's Creek, the bridge
over which our men had destroyed. We are
not apprized certainly of what j disposition
has been made of our troops under Geo.
Huger, but understand that they have been
sent to the Peninsula. vi I
"' FROM THE PEN1N81TLA. : J ;'
;, Contradictory ramors were prevalent here
last week as to Gen. Johnston's snccess up
on the Peninsula. A telegraphic dispatph
oame pn Saturday evening stating that be
sides his success at i Williamsburg, he had
subsequently aohieved a, decided victory
somewhere near the Chickahominy river.
This report was, contradicted by passengers
frpm" Richmond by Sunday's train, who
statedfljhat no battle had been fought since
the one at Williamsburg on Monday last,
up. to the time of their leaving Richmond.
The front of our army is said to be within
fifteen! miles of Riohmond. There is, us
might ;be expected, a vast excitement! in
Riohmond, and as many of the citizens is
oan leave it are getting away from it.
; Mrsi Davis, the wife of President; Davis,
arrived in this eity on Sunday morning, and
took rooms at the Yarborough House, where
be is now staying. : She came under, the
escort of J3x-Senator Gwin, of California1,
and was accompanied by her four children,
Mrs. Keary, neice of President Davis, and
Senator Gwin'a son and daughter, i j '
FROM CORINTH. 1
.i t . ' i
A special dispatch to the Mobile livening
JYeo$ dated May 9th, says that Beauregard
had moved out that morning and attacked
the Yankees in their position on the right.
I be D&ttle oommenoed at noon. A later,
dispatch to the Charlotte Bulletin, , dated
Augusta, May 10th, says that the Corinth
correspondent of the Mobile Advertiser tel-
egraphs that he had just returned
from the
front tjhat the enemy had Been driven
across Sieven Mile Creek, running like sheep.
He states further that Pope's Diviao of the
Federal jArmy atone j occupied Farmington,
Hjalleck with the main body being still on
the river. He represents bur loss ias slight,
and aaysj that the Yankees retreated so rap.
idly that we were unable to capture many
prisoners. He says that Priee and Van Dora
led the attaok that we had captured a tel
egraph office at Farmington and ! then re
turned to Corinth. In conelusion, :he says,
it is reported that the Confederate forces op
erating down the Tennesseq have captured
a large number of prisoners, an4 a large
amount of property ak Paris and. Paducab.
A,dispatch from Gen. Beauregard to Ad
jalant General Cooper, dated Maf the 9th !
to the following effect: We"; attacked
th . enemy to-day nd drove him?from bis
position several miles." 4
'ROM! THli SEAT OF WAR IN ' THE ALLEY"'
. i ' j OF VIRQIMIA. ' 1
We have received glorious intelligence
from the army commanded by the invineible;
Stonewall Jackson. A dispatch to Govern.
- --wuer, aated Staunton, May the 9th, I
an 'that Aan.Mi t-.tt J . A
': ! ' -tv"? oacKson't aavance .joroea
Dgjged the enemy on Suaington Hili; near
MeDowell'i, on Thursday last, at 5 iP. M
After 4 hoars' hard . fighting, be oompleteJy
routed and drove them from all points. Oar
l08J ls beayyhout three hundred killed
wdound;d. Gen; EdJohW wounded
J the ankle) Col. M. G. Ilarman in the arm ;
toSh 5CJ' tm broken ;:coi;Gf:
it Ane Richmond: Dispatch tavs that" Snt-
Si
Wantjf Highland. McDoweU if on the
Mmoroad.tiearyrbere it croasenvui,.
Pasture rivers Monterey, rina county aeav
of Hiehland, in the direction jnhicb the
fntmj u retreating, ii nine mdesom;.Mo:
Dwell'. '. West of Monterey the country is
very moantatnoW, so much so as, perhaps, to
pre tent farther pursuit. It is hoped, how
ever, that the enemy's forees will he over
taken between McDowell's and Monterey.
On Saturday, the 10th, Gov. Letcher re-
ceived a dUpatob from -Staunton dated that
morning, which says that General Jackson s
dispatches state that we have gained a bril
liant victory, the enemy being at that time
in full flight and hotly pursued by our forces,
and that our loss is forty killed and two
hundred wounded. The loss of the enemj
is heavy, and they left all their dead and
wounded upon the field. Of the 12th
Georgia Regiment, Captains Far low, McMil-
len, and Patterson, Jand Lieuts. Turpin
Gould ware and Woodward were killed, and
Capt. Dawson badly wounded.
LATER NEWS.
SUFFOLK.
A report was current in Raleigh on yes
terday that Suffolk has bCen taken by the
Yankees. This is a most important point, as
it eomiaand the Petoroin-rg d NrfcU,
Seaboard and Roanoke Railroads. We know
nothing of the origin of the report, and give
it for what it is worth.
PETERSBURG.
- A telegraphic dispatch frbni. a highly In
telligent gentleman in Petersburg was re
ceived in thia city on . Monday afternoon.
The dispatch states that the greatest excite
ment prevailed in that city, and that ar
rangements had been perfected for burning
all the cotton and tobacco on hand.
THE MERR1MAC BLOWN UP.
It will be seen by a telegraphic dispatch
under bur latest .news head, that the report
of the blowing up of the Merrimac is true.
She was run aground by a treacherous and
perhaps Yankee pilot, and blown up by our
ova men to prevent her from falling into the
hands of the enemy.
If ever anybody had reason to appreciate
the maxim that a certain class of persons
should have good memories, the Editor of
the Raleigh Standard is the man. His want
of truth is only equalled by hi utter want
of oonsistenoy. .In his last paper he says,
" If it be the design of any one, however,
to bring out a candidate for Governor, who
.will go before the people as an opponegt of
the present Administration of the Confede
rate States, the Register has given .us the
ffast clue to it that we have heard. Certain
ly we have heard of no such design among
'the conservatives with whom we have con
versod. The faot is, and it must not be dis
guised, that the most devoted friends of the
Confederate Government in the South are to
be found among the conservatives."
In a very recent prior number of the
Standard, that paper, commenting upon
some complaints made by the Wilmington
Journal, about the large number of troops
kept at Camp Man gum, says :
But the Journal, waxing wroth, does injustice
by. saying, "it surely cannot be as reported, that
these camps of instruction are intended as a body
guard for the Convention, and all men under
authority about the State Capitol and the Capitol
generally. " The Journal 19 at lat alarmed at
the prospect of a military despotism, but it looks
in the wrong direction for it. Let it look to
.Richmond, and then reflect upon the conscription
and the order for the impressment of arms.
Is this not an attack upon the Adminis
tration ? Is it not a charge that a military
despotism exists at Richmond? Most as
suredly it is, and the'Editor of the Standard
is in the dilemma pf having- to say either
that he will submit to a military despotism,
or oppose the Administration under which
alone it could have ueen established . If it
is not his design to oppose the present Ad
ministration, he is, by his own adjtnissidn, wil
ling to submit to military despotism and
be made a slave of, as he would deserve to
be. And yet in his paper of the 10th he
would leave the impression that he and those
with whom he acts, and whom he fancifully
calls conservatives," are better friends of
the Administration than those whom he calls
secessionists. For our own part, if we be
lieved President DaY"' Administration to be
a military despotism, as the Standard
doles, we should most earnestly oppose
it, instead of giving it our bumble sup
port, aS we expect to do. There is surely
a design on the part of the Editor of the
Standard to bring out a "conservative"
candidate for the office of Gdvernor, and we
Call upon him to tell the public if that can
didate will be the supporter of the present
Administration or an opponent of it a can
didate" who will support a " military despot
ism" or a candidate who will denoonoe it.
SMALL POTATOISM.
.We have not time to-day to expose a peice
pf infinitesimal potatoism exhibited on Mon
day evening by the watch and wait" side
of the Convention. If we live, we shall
how it up in proper style in our next issue,
and in the meantime tender to the delegate
from Pasquotank assurances of our most dis
tinguished consideration.
ADJOURNMENT OF THE CONVENTION.
1 The State Convention. adjourned on Tues
day nrorning, not to me el again unlesa oalled
together in the manner provided by their or.
4inanee, t iome period between now aTid
the second Monday in November next.
THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY
The Editor of the Raleigh Standard is,
for his own ulterior purposes, trying to rally
around him a party. which beanos' uonser
vatives." This party, if he should -succeed in
in raising it, will be composed of the
"watchers and waiters," and all tbe eitete
politicians whom he broke down after he sold:
himself to the Democratic partj. . Ihoso
conservatives" will be the oppoueutu vt
those whom he denounces as sooeasionbta,"
and will occupy the most ludiorouly taeou
fcistent position that any sot of iwn-owtaW
of a mad house ever stood in. IVy wust
either say that secession is an uspwrdwabU
sin, and the dire origin of the difficulties i
which the country finds itself, or they must
admit that BOPftfision was rightful and
proper, and not only so, but noces
sary and indispensable. If they take
the former ground, then thoy most ohargo
a hign oiience upon every cuubui vhvk
member of the Convention, for every moth
er's son of them, the Editor of the 'Standard
included, signed the Ordinance of Seces
sion. If they take the latter ground, then
we ask, wherefore their denunciation of " se-
cession
and " secessionists." Now, will
not the position of these conservatives" m
simrily anH fMly Voi-l otapiJ f And i
yet, men who have the reputation Of having K a nallmues 10 seize a wor iromwmcn iue im
, ... iL n .t -t. ,, I kees Wfcre only distant a quarter of a mile ; but
good sense will allow the iiiditor ot the Kal-out j0$eg did it nobiy. Captain Manly brought
piwh Standard to drao them into a auaemire i" his batterT into action in splendid style, halted
of disgraceful self-contradiction which achildLand g.ourinfantry time to oomoup.ar d then Hin
of ten years of age would have sense enough, bered up his guns and made a dash for the redoub4,
to keep out of. Repudiated and scorned by
the party which bought him and which he be
trayed, the Editor of the Raleigh Standard
is making a desperate struggle to raise an
other party, which he will, if he succeeds in
doing so, in turn betray.
The Editor of the Raleigh Standard con
stantly casts it up to us as a reproach that
we were born and reared in Virginia. The
miserable silly man does not know that what
he means as a taunt we take as a compliment,
tor mav our rieht hand lose its cunnmcr. and
nnr tnnmiA a t th ,nf nf r rrnth
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wncn tne aay arrives on wmcn we shall be
otherwise than proud of bur native State.
And now, in this, Virginia's hour of peril
and agony, our heart yearns to her with even
more fondness and affection than it ever felt
for her in the highest and most palmy period
of her proud history.
A FALSE STATJ2ENT.
A writer in the Standard under the sig
nature of " Ion," says that we "suppressed
the Petersburg Intelligencer." This asser
tion is utterly false. We sold the Peters
burg Intelligencer in the Spring of '57 for a
fair price, and it was published regularly by
our successors until the war broke out in
1861, when, like many other papers, its pub
lication wa suspended. So &r from our
having " suppressed the Petersburg Intelli
gencer," we have been frequently and ear
nestly urged to take charge of it again.
THE UNIVERSITY.
The Catalogue of this time-honored institution
for the year 1861-62 has been placed on our
table, from which we loam that there nave been at
College during the year one hundred and twenty
eiglt students.
The Annual Commencement will be on the
first Thursday in June. The address before the
two Literary Societies, will be delivered by Wil-'
liam B. Rodman, Esq., and the sermon by the
Rt. Rev. Thomas Atkinson, Bishop of theDiocese
of North Carolina.
The catalogue is very neatly published, and
was gotten out by Messrs. Strother and Marcom,
Raleigh.
THE GUNBOAT FUND.
Adjutant General Martin acknowledges the re
ceipt of the following contributions to the Gun
Boat Fund :
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE N. C. GUN
BOAT. FROM ROCKY MOUNT AND NEIGHBOR
HOOD. Mrs. Lucy D. Rives, $10 00; Mrs. Jno. P. Til
lery, $3.00 ; Mrs. Jas. H. Chapman,t$2.00; Mrs.
G W. Hammond,$1.00 ; Mrs. M. D. Gray, $10.
00 ; Mrs. M. A. Howell, $1.00; Mrs. Kenelin H.
Lewis, $20.00; Mrs. Francis Ann Ricks, $1.00 ;
Mrs. William S. Battle, $50.00 ; Mrs. James P.
Battle, $10,00; Mrs. Virginia" Thorp, $10 00;
Mrs.'i E- Lindsay, $10.00 ; Mrs. R. A. Marri
ott $10.00; Mrs. G. L. Gordon, $5.00 r Miss M.
R. Goodloe, $5.00 ; Mrs. W. Hodges, $1.0 0 ; Miss
Abhy Burnett, $1U.UU ; Mrs. Price, 50c; Mrs.
P. Turner Westry,-$10 00 ; Mrs. Jaa. j. Philips,
$50.00; Mrs. R. Laughtery, 1.00;. Mrs. T. W.
Battle,25.00; Masters J acob & Joseph Battle $4.00;
Miss Hatty W. Battle, $1.00; Master Armstead
C.Gordon, 10c; Miss Fanny D. Gordon. 10c
Total, $250.70.
Amount raised by Concert .at Chapel Hill,
$142.
GEN. JUBAL J. EARLY.
We rejoice to learn that this patriotic and gal
lant soldier was not mortally wounded at the bat
tle of Williamsburg, as he was represented to be.
The Richmond Whig of Friday says:
We are delighted to state that General E.'s
wound, though painful, is not mortal. He is no
in thiscity. In thefightof Monday he received
a Minie ball in the left shoulder, which, crushing
against the bone, was deflected, and, traversing
his back, was taken out from under his rihl
ouuuiunr. epeahs Willi emnusiasm Of the
splendid conduct of the Twenty. fourth Virzinia
and Fifth North Carolina. 6
GENERAL FLuYD.
In the Virginia Senate on Thursday a resolu
fcion was adopted requesting the President to re
store General John B. Floyd to the command of
the forces in Southwestern Virginia. On the
same day the House of Delegates unanimously
adopted the following resolution : -
"Retolved by the General Assembly of Virginia
That the Governor be authorized and instructed
to grant a commission of major-general to Gen.
John B. Floyd, and authorize him to raise a di
vision of twenty thousand men, not subject to
the conscription act, for the defence of the State."
GLOfllOTJSjyr GAXAANT EXPLOIT OF,
SEUil BATTERY AT THE BATTW5
? Wo take snfeat plcasttrecn transfer ring io
our columns from th'e RichmondDispatcn,
the fottowing aooount 01 tnc gionoua expioa
of AhePattery commanded by Captain BasU
Manlyl of this city. This company is com
posed for the most part of Raleigh "Boys,"
and when raised in the very outset of the
xvar, wVs oalled the Ellis Light Artillery."
: Vo fa indebted to a gentleman who partlcipa
iml in 6xe fight on Sunday, near Williamsburg,
fur the Allowing narrative : . : "
' BUNDAT'S BNQAGKMKNT.
!iroater part of- the forces falling back
yrom toe
1 -11. .1 A
iVnrktown Liine" or aetence naving
halted Sr rest, in the open ground back of Wil-
i!mahisrr. pave the l anKee auvauce n upp"i"-
nit. ni; ir iminc ud- with the rear guard, consist-
iriisrof tien. ,Sims's Georgia and Gen. Griffith's
uLioirini Tiridei-. to which was attached Man-
ly'rMcHb Carolina battery. The enemy did nut
appear any-force fro in under their cover of woods,
until ofcr rear guard had left the open ground and
redouVs, and were tnurching through Williams
bur, awhichtime a courier brought world to
Gen. kJ4Liaws tnat tnev were oepiojriug m
t the -right and left ot Fort MeUruder, (which
vat forces had just left untenanted,) and that they
hadlplanted a battery of rifled guns immediately
to thefiront of Ihe redouU,and only distant 700
yards.- The: rear guard wa3 immediately ordered
'Hbou&ce-doubIequick;marcb." Manly's battery
was'orJred to advance and seiza Fort McGruder
flZT V My, Taa to r
thQ5'gunilet ' if the rifle battery fire for one and
A 4X J1 l i-v iMitilo l.i 1nln. 4 U rt 3
which he succeeded in entering just in advance of
the Yankee force on-the right, i rom Ibis point
the battery did some of the iincst practice that
wo have heard of in the record of any of our "ar
tillery duels," firing 180 shts in 2Q minutes, dis
mounting two pieces of the rifle battery, killing
all the horses at two more pieces and four caissons,
of which' our cavalry taking advantage made a
glori'ous'charge on the iniantry and cavalry sup
porting the battery, and cutting down all who
yet remaine'd ; and held the officer commanding
the Richmond Howitzer Batttery, Capt. McCarr
thy, (having detached some of the horses from his
pieces,)' galloped forward, and hitching on to the
three Captured guns and four caissons Jbroueht
'them off- in the face of the enemy, and gallantly
offered: Ihera to Uapt. Manly as the trophies gain-
ed bViVhe fine service of his pieces. Thus, in
toTJ mfootes our glorious fellows had marched
nearly two miles, captured three pieces, four cais
Bons, twelve horses, and seven prisoners. The
tilled and wounded of the enemy could r.ot have
bef'n.shOrt of one hundred men.'
"Gpn; Johnson was pris nt duriDg the fight.and
appeared, to enjoy it exceedingly.
Wh&t the rear guard was ordered to ' about
tace," Aik'b a cheer went up from them as the
good flks.of Williamsburg will long remem
ber, i
It isbaurd to talk of whipping men who after
marching eighteen hours without rest or food,
and heavily packed, will at a chnce of a fight,
drop' tfjeir knapsacks' an.J with a soul stirrifig
cheer, iza their muskets and run & race for near
Jy two liles to meet the enemy.
7 r ;,FROM OUr7 WN 'COAST.
J Pickets who arrived last night from Onslow
;fcJourt louse, (says tbe Wilmington Journal of
ilOth inSit.) report that the enemy landed in some
force t Swansboro, ou Thursday morning.
Sansb5ro is in Onslow county, about twenty
.'miles sooth of Fort Macon. They will bj atten
ds to by our forces, we resume.
. ItappQars the report that three thousand Yan
kees had -arrived at Greenville, Pitt county, on
Monday ?or Tuesday last, turns out to be an er-
kror.-..-. it. probably orrj-inated from the landiner of
soime.wo .-or four hundred of Burnside's forces at
WaHirfgton, on Sunday last.
J 7
ti - LEGION OF HONOR.
-MisSRS. Editors : Permit me to suggest for
J-be consideration of the appropriate authorities,
the organization of a Legionary corps, to be at
tached t? each of the army corps in the field, to
b desigtiated and known as the " Legion of Hon
Ot." . The material for the organization should
1& taken from the arm to which it is to be attach-J
e, and nould be constituted of such officers and
privates as shall, from' time to time, distinguish
mselvis in battle. Such an organization would
oferate as a powerful incentive to stimulate our
dfjr yoUflg officer to the performance of deeds of
rfible daring,' and would moreover ojjen to the
private "?he road of distinction, which is row ef
'ftitually closed against him, for it is a rareoccur
rt nee, ptt matter how much gallantry he. may
hjye dhplayed, that his name is ever mentioned
ia a report. There could be no higher meed of
praise fjone more grateful to the feelings of the
soldier; than to have acquired by his gallantry a
place ithe "Legiou f Honor."
. But fieeidej "Operating as a stimulant to the sol
dier, lujn an organization would be of immense
advantage-as a reliable Reserve," to be employed
at the rssis of the battle. A1 readers of military
historyremember the reliance that Napoleon had
oh his fcld Guard," and thej effective use that he
mUdeof:hem.
he ejtails of the organization, I leave to those
of 'realbr experience than I have, remarking,
hoUevev?that the selections should be made from
companies, and the promotions from each should
be limited to a definite number, so as to give an
equl ch&ioe to every company in the army. I
futtaerVjiggest that the organization should be
of A Lifhn&ry character, to :o embrace the
several i&ma of the service and in rm inr
dinunisned as circumstances may dictate.
. ' I. ; C H. D
, (iw$Xi Fla., April 28th, 1862.
V'i:JS; Ralkioh, N. C, May 9th, 1862. '
if a. -Editor : Permit me to call your attention
and thai; ot your readers to the above article
from t!io Richmond Enquirer. -The idea hag
frequency suggested itself to me. but I have never
before pn anything in print on tbe subject.
The advantages to accrue to the Confederacy
froroWuch? an organization, cannot fail to present
tbenrlyes to every reflecting mind. Our armies
are rai Of "chivalrous youths of high social status,
who. frhhi exalted patriotism, or want of military
experience. or political influence, have entered the
ranks and are now servine as private noldi
Many regiments are composed almost exclusively
of thiiwuterial; a?, for example, .Wwiginal
."Bethel sgiment," of this State, To those'men it
will opemap ample field for personal distinction!
now effe$aally closed to them, and wilfstimulaleJ
to renewed j exertion History as shown what
great effartsj men wjll make to obtain so honora
ble a designation, and were every priyate soldier
assured jlbati the cross of tha "Lagion of Honor"
is within hu reach, we should at once bave a
. nation, of heroes.
It ii lk lamentabbj fact that a large proportion
of Qirr pfcers .are vastly the inferiors in inter
lct, education and character of the men they
command,1 juid surely ia these "times that try
men' souls" some disfunction ought to be made
between the truly brave man who nobly dare
death in 4fence of-hU country and the moral
poltroon, who bide his Dbvaical toward ira ha-
l neath a aeMier'a dress. .
DAY OF SUPPLICATION AND PRAYTk
i - .1 ? -A ..a" E1L ? .--I.- -..-M
jTrCBiueu ui,7ujr -rfwu",'i''"'6.; ij
commended the observance of Friday, the 16th
instant, as a day: or tsuppucauon. ; anqj-ajwy 1
Biebor Atkinson of thw State ha? isiued-tbe fol
. - .,v-i.c..r.3tOUWi waui wv koos ud m i irn
lowing? - .. . r W-vt JpfntotheTeftnisce river. ; W0N
OBDEROF SERVIC -
May. the dav'appoinUd IfV tht Prestdnt
v - . r.
Confederate Staics, be observedusa daiof et-
Chapter ana law ye . wuvbu.?., muu v,r
atk nA 10th imrseft. - - , :v.-v
Instead of the 'Venite,M the Anthsnior fAih
Wednefcdayis to boused. 'v 'Vc':-'MH
The proper. Psalroa. are the 6th, the 142d aqd
tne i4do.
" The 1st liesson is the 5&th
. fc.a a
t chapter of Isaiah.:- ,.
The 2d Lesson ts St. Luke,
mi.- t :n 1 : 1.. j: I
xne OJiiHuy win ie eaiu enure, luvtuuuie wuu
1 noil iA (ha I .oicor l.lfanv ; .
la v.a.u -" j. . , -
The following Prayer will be said as the Collect
tor tne uay : . v."
ri mt ainrinn. nr? firinn. T.arrl fi. th
Lord ef Hosts, mighty , in power, and of "mnjesty
incomprehensible; who art a strong tower, of defence
to all who flee to Thee for succor, we Thy suppliant
people, now beseech Thee to save and deliver our
afflicted country in this her day of sorrow . and
trial. Rebuke the pride and malice of her enq-
mies. Give,in increasing measure, Right6uness
and Wisdom to oup Kulers : strength and succeis
. -ci:.u j j. -j a .
r.0 our Armies rmiu anu ruriiiuuu. uu uiyuut
obedience to ail our people. Jttestore io us speea-
ily, O God, the blessings of Peace, and make it
appear that Thou art our SavioiJr and mighty De
liverer, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
From the Richmond Whig.
THE ONLY ALTERNATIVE SUCCESS
OR SUBJUGATION.
By fortifying indefensible places on our sea
coast, wo have not only incurred immense expense,
and di er ted large forces from eligible points ,Sut we
have lost vast amounts of ordnance, small arms
and stores , and sacrificed many troops. Had we
witbdrawn our troops and resources from, such
places, to points capable of defence, our volunta
ry abandonment would have left the enemy with
out the credit of their capture. We have abso
lutely invited attack on points on our sea coa3t
by magnifying their importance, and by paradiBg
before the world immense (pretended) defensive
resources. We have thus stimulated the enemy
to an appalling increase of his already formidable
naval armaments. Our folly is now reacting upon
lis with duplicated calamities.
But what has passed cannot be recalled. All
that is left for us to do is to consider the conse
quences of the loss of our seaboard upon our eom
missariat, and to provide and apply the proper
remedies. Should all of our seaboard come to be
occupied and guarded by the enemy, then all
supplies and munitions of war from abroad will
be cut off. The communication between different
portions of our Confederacy, even, will be inter
rupted. We will have few, if any, certain sour
ces of supply of magnitude, and must hence pre
pare ourselves for a precarious subsistence. The
luxuries of life will be unattainable ; the comforts
we must not aspire to. We may deem ourselves
fortunate if we can secure the necessaries. We
must make up our minda to live upon coarse farj.
He who would make his peace with the Yankees
upon their terms, and become their vassal, rather
than submit for awhile to uncertain supplies, and
they of the commonest kind, is neither a hero nor
a patriot. He is not even a man, in the high
souse of the term. "His God is his belly." His
animal apr elites are Btronger than his moral
qualities. He is only fit for the servitude , to
which he will be consigned.
If any of our people are growing faiut-hearted
and begincing to hesitate between their duty as
patriots and tbe craving of their animal natures,
porbaps a few well limed reflections as to the
porsonal results of subjugation will recruit their
flagging zeal.
Their property will be confiscated to help pay
the Yankee war debt, and they and their families
will be rendered penniless and homeless. This
will be a certain result of subjugation.
Many will be restrained of their liberty and all
will be deprived ,of arms and subjected to military
domination and police espionage.
Their families will be liable to insult, maltreat
ment and every form ot oppression.
The most reckless, unruly and profligate brutes
will be pnuredlrom the great cities of the North
tnto our midst, to indulge their grossest pas
sions. Lust, repine and murder will rict with
impunity.
The negro will be encouraged to insubordina
tion, insolence, plunder and violence, and will be
protected in them by the Yankee soldiers.
Our little children will grow up under the
taunts and kicks and cuffs of tbe children of the
Yankee families that will come in swarms to take
possession of our farms and houses.
Tbe Yankee, as the conqueror and the dominant
race, will assume the administration of govern
ment, State and municipal will occupy all offi
ces and positions of trust and honor, will make
and execute laws, will hold a privileged place in
society, prescribing its customs and impress
ing its morals. He will pollute our pulpits
and defile our religion with the vile! isms
of an infidel theology. Upon all that is
distinctive to us as a race, and deas from the con
trast, he will incorporate his own detestable usa
ges and ideas. Our people will be tabooed, pre
scribed and degraded oar men made to do the
base and menial work ot vulgar masters, and our
women to play the parts of maids and drudges to
the painted and impure jades who will be their
mistresses.
These will be some of the certain results of
subjugation. Who would consent to submit to
such a state of things ? Belter death than such
misery and degradation I Welcome any sacrifice
in preference, to this I Let us resolvo anew, cost
what it may -of blood, treasure and privation, to
defeat and drive back our boastful and rapacious
enemies, to preserve our liberties and to establish
our independence on enduring foundations. In
spired by patriotism, we only Tead to be patient,
courageous and self-denying, and the victory will
surely be ours.
There is bo more doubt in the mind of any hu
man being of the treason of Mr. Respass, the late
mayor of Washington, N. C, than if he had
been taken in flagrante delictu, in the very act,
and the true people of the State can have, and do
bave very little sympathy with the whining
Jeremiads indulged in over the injured Respass,
by those who can hear calmly enough of injuiies
inflicted upon innoceut citizens of North Carolina,
so they only.be done by the orders of Lincoln's
officers. To part with anything.evenfoafairequlv
alent,even though necessary for publie defence arid
tneir own defence, is a martyrdom that draws
forth tears of the saltest kind from the eye of
sundry delogatee, who know that if Abraham's
people get in, they will take all, as they bave done
from every true man in a part of Onslow.
This tearful, heartfelt sympathy for trailon, is
something that appears almost suspicious to tbe
simple and unsophisticated. But no doubt it is
all right. Old Raspas wilt bave a martyr's mon
ument here and young Re? pass will bave a Colo
nel's commission elsewhere, and grave delegate
will denounce our struggling and embarrassed
government and country in the interest of both
the Repasses I Wilmington Journal.
Sxmt Homk. About 860 of tbe Taakee orison.
ers now here were to bave been sent down tbe ri
ver towards .Newport .News yesterday eveniog,ia
the steamer Northampton, in charge of Lieut. Tur
ner and Commiisary Warner, having been paroled
not to fight or aid the enemy until exchanged
Thy eemed very glad to go. None of the Yan
kee officers were to be sent with the batch. A the
Secretary of War issued ordera yesterday morn
ing for tbe departure of ; fit ?prisoner, nothing
would prevent the measures being carried oat
save a want of knowedga a to where they should
be landed aU Richmond TXspateh,
?!ROM THE WEST,
W.ei condewe the lOHowinsr lUmi ' t
r' - ,' -7; . "r, 3: 8 ar uatsd
LUortnth, Apruj zi and 24tPi respectitav . "l
i, erM ,orce latei
- hH-bombadment of Fort Piir0
fporn wuoie unioaaing
ith ill th reinforopm
Vera brine U Jlalleck. he cannot ,ui.. " ene!r
t; ,vvi.uikiii.i.m ruiurcunenu that th
.iq(f,OXjO:men,iiniany of whom are prostm ?kU
.Maa City-.lqne. The water and 1 ' BnJ
ftit to th T . - .are
X :ir- if- w. u.ubifets
tilleW.';
Beaurard's force U sufl3cien
I A
fideh pt bis iability to maintain their p0s i
JblecQislerniatibn prevailed there anion th! 'a'
.,a"tki hAmZvl th.u .si, AT" 8 the
i iUAM . v - ,;. . .
P&V the
t tVl . M vv
outsvill
I a i.rL nation of bis cavaW 1'. u. s.m."ti
1 1, ji CTHoorWJl th.at Keaui-ficrarrJ K
1-onr. wnnus, m vue country around v
suitable for cavalry.
teTnf fr0 JMhvll,e PePort that R Kpn
cfcyjand anndiana regiment Ladg(,tiniwn"
5S jT A JeBn"i 0.n lhoelavy
on 120 were -killed, and between 40 auV',,,
wounded.-;It;was also , reported that 4,loo K, "
tlkian8 had I withdrawn from the Fedeml
on actual f the anti slavery policy of the Q,A-
f"1' andk willingness to make pet,c.) on it -
hfti- d' rfi'ainiiflf the norrlr Stat fu.
i n ' 7 ?. 1 " "'juisc. nu, ;
.1. 7" ... . .v,:"scu wy a
frimoir
precnea in jnapaviite py ine nev. Air n.Uw
iuo. bi riik aa . ... ,":. u'(wii,
in Prxiphecylj. , a
It mav be;l remembered tbnt hi0
preuicuju iubim iuh grom, uaiue of ArBiagedd
on,
this tibae in. tb Valley of the Mississippi, h h '
sermoa nt Nashville, he referred to the subi
and told hi' Wearers that the battlg wouldk
place n the 2Qth of June, and that the Federal
hosta would beiioverthrown, &c. Soma ol the offi
cars prjesent endeavored to stop him, but the sol '
diera were interested and would not allow it
Accprdtng C the calculations and the r.ltiu
of truajtwurtby! persons from the North, th0 kL f
the federals at I he battle of Shiloh niun have
been fhlly 1S.W0 men. Our own loss waa ful v
one third, perhaps one half as largd, but niaav oi
them teere very slightly wounded and havo
on thetr feet all tbe time. , .
ThejFederals are establishing mail rout
they advance Into tho country, and traiim Mr
running on the roads 1 aling to Nashville.
Theipeople 4f Ohio are petitioning tQe l,.
laturo to prohibit the immigration of neeroea into
the Stlte from 'the South. B 1
NAVY BEANS FOR THE AHM.Y;
We would earnestly recommend the cultivation
of this important, aitiole of food tthesltcntian ui
farmers. Now' i$. the time to plant. It bat aK
ways teen found to be oneof the mostconvenieni
health, and nutritious articles for the nrrr.v anj
navy. When roasted (which with a Mmpi 8p
paratu i for the purpose it can easily be Jono md
and in large quantities) and ground into inoal it
can be mde into soup in five uii nutes. iiing
already cooked, It is only ince?sary to cut the
pork ifto thfnlicep. ut in water, in which, when
brougt t to a boil, tne meal is 'to bu stired urr.il i
attains the prober consistency, when tbe noap i,
made and ready for use. The whole prmes,
with a good tir, will not require more than five
minutes-r-and will be found tube not only nutri
tiousin the highest degree, but exceedingly pka,
ant to tbe palate, far better than eating the ii .
meat withont;j any other accompanimsnt than
bread, hybich now constitutes almost the ro t.
pie of a soldier's food. The earth j ields nothii,e
more wundanUy and with lets labor and pain
io lue uusunuuiuaii man mis Dean. i' chiuv.iCmd
therfefoh-e, in large quantities, in most carnaftl)
invoked. As this is a matter of the greatest im
portaDfie, we suggest that the nper? generally call
the aitjention 01 farmers to the bint wu hav
thrown) out. Richmond Whid.
GEN.
HIND M AN A CHARACTERISTIC
ANECDOTE.
The gallant but somewhat eccentric (ien. Liind-
ma i, of Arkansas, is noted for bis great sliri
tude iii behalf iof the troops of his particclia
commahd. The claims and the wants ol tbe
"Arkansas Brigade" were a familar subject wiiL
the various supply departments, so zealously and
incessantly were they urged by Brigadier Hind-
man. ! 'j
In the terrible battle of Shiloh, au iruiiKt
occurred which illustrated both the cool courags
of Genj. Hindman, and the "ruling passion"
above itatedi The "Arkansas llrigade" snd
their general were in the advance, juh1 were driv
ing the ienemy in the furious cbaige which
so fatal o both sides. They had gained several
of the enemy's enmmpments and were preparing
for a further onsiaon the still resisting and for
midablej foe. The General of Division paneJ
along the lines a the moment, and llindinun
accostedj him. il'ee here, General,". said he, "I
want it understood that all the spoils in tlm w
oampment, and tfiat, and that, are to be kept '
the Arkansas Brigade. All the tenti and camp
chests and blankets and india rubber, and every
thing elsie. Don!t forget, now IV And with tbi
parting jinjunctiln he and his "Arksnsas Brig
ade" hurried on with the fight.
LIST jO F LETTERS JtCtf A INING L S -calld
for In the Haleizh Post Office, May 12:b,
182: I
Allen, HC !.
Allen, Miss Ella N f
Abrams, t S ! ,
Brooks, James
Bardep, B
Craven, Cjapt B :
Cannady,)JL
Corhett, Jno W 1 '
Cannadjr, JDr J Q ,
Cole, MisijLiiiie ;
CampbelL jHenry !
Carpenter,! J B '.
Cox, W W !!
Downing,: Mrs C. W
Deane. Miii M
Johnson, Mr Mary W
Kirkpat-ick, Kufu.
Laton, J II
Lamb, William
Long, Rev Jno
Mahegan, Walter
Moore, Hugh
Molchor, Prof B
Moeeley, Jamen
May, W R
Mallett, Jno W
McLean, Chas
Partin, Mi8 Mariha
Pollard, Mrs Mary If 2
Pugb, Dr Thos 0
Pool, Miss 8u6n
Powell, Mi B H
Pool, A ?
Riddle, Wm
. RUey, Jno W ;
Rogers, W J
Rhodes, San ford
Sumner, ,Mi SusairA
8anderlin, Solomou
Stewart, R L :
Steven, Mis Mary
. Batten, W A
Swepson, Geo W
' launders, AW
Trotman, Mrs Lociniis , .
Williamf, W T
Watte, Mrs G A
Watson, Zack
Winters, Synth
Davenportl A fl '
Deshago, iieut Lark in
French, WF ! j
HalL Harrison !
Halyburtoi, T C
narrii, TV
IIuddletMri, J-H i
Hnbbard, AG :
llicks. Mix Suiithev
rw,'. I
Hall, Maj T
Hnderson,L
Howard, XN
Hunter, Jaoob .
Harrell,A:W
HalL Alitoa
V
Harney, W i '' !
Jones, Mrs Aquilla j
Johnson, J j
Call for AdWtfoaJ Lettara. and rive tbe !'
of the List j GKO. T. COOKE, P. 3.
ma 12 li i! .
I"or Sale.
AJ0$T ATTRACTIVE AND i'ALl A
BLBi RESIDENCK AND FARM of 205 am,
within a hail mile of Hillaboro', from the Depot asi
Military Sebjool ; 70 tern ia wood; The dwelling
large and weu arrange Kitchen roomy, large
and other ieoaaaaryi utbaildlngt. Th house "
beaaUfuIlr kjeated tn p grove of 9 acres, with a t;
eommaooling jprotpeet, and altogvther pn of fthemott
aMranie piacar ta tt bUt- Terns asj wr
aaaalAii liiiiaejllet - r i
- L. P. OUW-
HiUsborV, May 1. 18S2.
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